I'm John Batchel, Bill Rajo, Senior Fellow Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Democracies, joins me as my colleague and co-host,

and we're going to Lebanon, thanks to David Diyud of the Foundation for Defense of Democracy,

watching Lebanon, the Hezbollah, and the ongoing conflict, which is a result of Israel's northern border not being secure,

harassed routinely by Hezbollah,

obliging Israel to call up hundreds of thousands of reservists and prepare for a military operation in some fashion from the Israeli border to the Latani River at least. But in these

last days, there's been much information flowing saying that that will not be

enough, that Iran is supporting and reinforcing Hezbollah, and that what we're looking at here

is a war that is unending. However, Bill, I understand there's news from the negotiation said to be

underway heretofore about a ceasefire

about peace talks, about a resolution of the conflict between the U.S. and Tehran.

And this news involves the chief negotiator of Iran and also statements about Hezbollah.

Can you read me the quote, Bill?

Yeah, hello, John, and hello, David. Yeah, this is interesting because the Iranians,

in my estimation, cleverly linked the ceasefire in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah

with negotiations with the U.S. I think it's intentional to gum up the works. And here's what

Foreign Minister

Araqjai said. He said, the ceasefire between Tehran and Washington is, quote, unequivocally

a ceasefire on all fronts, including in Lebanon. And it's a violation on one, or its violation

being a violation from the U.S. or Israel, on one front is a

violation of the ceasefire on all fronts. The U.S. and Israel are responsible for the consequences

of any violation, end quote. David, we come to you. That sounds like the ceasefire is

fragile to non-existent. Is it accurate to say that Lebanon and Hezbollah have been linked to Tehran since the beginning?

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